Music / Nightlife

The Backstreet Boys, Thursday night at WaMu Theater. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

When they’re as old as Crosby, Stills & Nash, will the Backstreet Boys ditch their song-and-dance routines and go unplugged?

Fans got a taste of what the future could hold when the biggest boy band in history sat down with their guitars in the middle of a two-hour show Thursday at WaMu Theater to play an acoustic set featuring romantic, laid-back versions of “Get Lucky,” “10,000 Promises,” “Madeline” and “Quit Playing Games With My Heart.”

by Andre Gospe / Special to The Seattle Times Memorial Day weekend means it’s time for Sasquatch! and Folklife, but there’s no need to go to the Gorge or Seattle Center to see live music. This week — Thursday, May 22 – Wednesday, May 28 — features a spate of big names, the son…

The Backstreet Boys at the 40th American Music Awards, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

The Backstreet Boys, the best-selling boy band in history, are still going strong more than 20 years after impresario Lou Pearlman placed an ad in an Orlando, Fla., newspaper seeking young male singers for a group. An extension of their hugely successful tour in support of the album “In a World Like This” features a concert Thursday, May 22, at WaMu Theater, with Avril Lavigne opening.

From (L-R) Members of US band Backstreet Boys: Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Alexander James McLean, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter. (Photo by SVEN HOPPE)

The best-selling boy band in history will be bringing their song and dance routine to Wamu Theater on May 22. Tickets go on sale starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 21 and can be purchased at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com or by phone 1-800-745-3000.

Avril Lavigne will be joining the boys for all U.S. tour dates.